• Published in: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
• Main Authors: Fabiana Martins Paula, Renata Barnabé Sitta, Fernanda Mello Malta, Maiara Gottardi, Marcelo Andreetta Corral, Ronaldo César Borges Gryschek, Pedro Paulo Chieffi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2013
• Subjects: Strongyloides venezuelensis; Parasitological diagnosis; Molecular diagnosis; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652013000200015; https://doaj.org/article/cca3cac082894eb1ae5e4c76dc0b01e7

Strongyloides venezuelensis is a parasitic nematode of rats which is frequently used as a model to study human and animal strongyloidiasis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between parasitological and molecular diagnosis in Strongyloides venezuelensis infection. PCR assays were used to detect S. venezuelensis DNA in fecal samples obtained from experimentally infected Rattus norvegicus. The results showed a higher sensitivity of the PCR assay in detecting the infection compared to parasitological methods.